Scaredy cops: New Mexico police officers capture freaky 'ghost creature' on their station CCTV camera
- Footage taken Saturday night at Espanola Police Station
- Officer Karl Romero believes the figure was a ghost walking through the locked-down sally port
- Other officers have reported strange occurrences before
- Numerous unsolved murders in the area
Officers at a police station in New Mexico believe they are dealing with more than just criminals.
One cop at the post in Espanola believes he came in contact with a ghost on Saturday night - and has video evidence to prove it.
Officer Karl Romero was stationed in the surveillance room monitoring the CCTV cameras when he noticed something moving in the gated area.
Romero claims that a spirit-like creature could be seen moving across a sally port, which is a controlled entryway completely sealed off.
Spoooky: This murky white figure was caught on CCTV cameras apparently walking around the grounds of Espanola Police Station on Saturday night
What is it?: In the video, the figure, which one local cop believes to be a ghost, can be seen moving
Ominous: There have been numerous unsolved murders in the area, police say
Locked down: Officer Ramero illustrates how a person would not have been able to access the sally port at Espanola station
Unexplained: Officer Karl Romero was watching the surveilance cameras at Espanola Police Station in New Mexico on Saturday when he claims to have spotted a ghost
Detectives say there is no way in or out of the secured area without the gates opening and an alarm sounding, KOAT Action News reported.
'I do believe in ghosts,' Ramero told the station.
'I don't know (what it was on the video), but we've had some unsolved murders in the area.'
The CCTV footage shows a murky image moving across the sally port.
Ramero believes it clearly shows something with legs.
Other officers say they have witnessed unexplained occurrences and sometimes felt as if someone was breathing on them.
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